Man charged in killing of Williamses' sister A felon...

September 17, 2003

Man charged in killing of Williamses' sister

A felon with ties to a street gang was charged Tuesday with murdering the sister of tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams.

Aaron Michael Hammer, 24, of Compton, Calif., is accused of shooting Yetunde Price, 31, as she sat in a sport-utility vehicle early Sunday with a companion, Rolland Wormley, 28. An assault rifle and shell casings were found at the scene. Authorities initially reported she was shot in the chest, but a coroner's spokesman said Tuesday an autopsy showed she died of a gunshot wound to the head.

SON IN INTENTIONAL WRECK DIES: Bryan Randall Jr., 8-year-old son of a man who killed himself by turning into the path of a tractor trailer, died Tuesday of injuries from the crash, hospital officials in Orlando said.

Another son, Julian, 6, was injured. The father, Bryan Randall, also was suspected of killing his daughter two days earlier.

TERROR LIE: A man who lied about having a son who died in the World Trade Center attack to get $160,000 in charity funds was sentenced to more than a decade in prison Tuesday. Cyril Kendall, 54, received 11 to 33 years in prison.

TRACKING MEAT: Restaurants and supermarkets will be able to trace beef suspected in food poisoning cases back to the farm through a new database that tracks herds of cattle from birth to slaughter with coded metal tags. The database and tracking system, developed by Wichita, Kan.-based VeriPrime Inc., will be introduced Wednesday.

STOP RIGHT THERE: The Los Angeles City Council passed a measure Tuesday requiring dancers to stay at least 6 feet away from customers, banning lap dancing and any other kind of bodily contact between dancers and customers in strip clubs, bikini bars and adult bookstores.

COLLEGE LOAN DEFAULTS STEADY: The default rate on federally backed college loans hit an all-time low of 5.4 percent during the 2001 fiscal year, the Education Department said Tuesday.